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Cowboys coach Jason Garrett had little to smile about Sunday after an offensive attack that started out thriving on Tony Romo’s arm and Dez Bryant’s hands fizzled late. The ground game was mostly an afterthought, with designed runs on only 13 of 61 plays. And a defense that had six takeaways last week managed nary a one.

Columnist Rick Gosselin held a chat on Monday. Here are highlights from the chat.

This was a difficult game to watch! What are some of the positives that you observed?

I thought the defense played well for 3 1/2 quarters and Dez Bryant was an absolute beast for the first 37 minutes. The Cowboys D stopped Jamaal Charles and the KC run all day -- until they needed to stop the run late. Then Charles ran through them like the Rob Ryan defenses of old. Bryant dropped that deep sideline pass in the fourth quarter and he was done for the day.

Romo threw like 3 straight 5-7 yard out routes to Witten on that second to the last drive. Was that playing calling or decision making? It look like they were settling for the FG.....

In the clutch, Romo is going to throw the ball to Witten. That's been his history. That's also been his tendency -- and defenses chart those tendencies. That was the problem -- the Cowboys were settling for too many FG opportunities. This offense is too potent to be held to just one touchdown by anyone, any where. The money is on the offensive side of the ball. Toss in the two turnovers and you can put the blame for this one squarely on the shoulders of the offense. Hold a team to 17 points in today's NFL and you should win the game.

Assuming Jason Garrett finishes 7-9, should he lose his job and will Art Briles be the next head coach of the Cowboys, since he’s an offensive guru?